Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2013, 12:42 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2013, 12:42 PM MDT (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2013, 1:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Cherry County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 1:00 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 Nw Crookston, NE | |
| Aug 1, 1:03 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 N Crookston, NE | |
| Aug 1, 1:27 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Valentine, NE | TORRENTIAL RAIN ALSO WAS REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 12:22 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
404
WUUS53 KLBF 011842
SVRLBF
NEC031-011930-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0310.130801T1842Z-130801T1930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
142 PM CDT THU AUG 1 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT/130 PM MDT/
* AT 141 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST
OF KILGORE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VALENTINE...CROOKSTON...SMITH FALLS STATE PARK AND HIGHWAY 97
CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 204 AND 222.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 204.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 141.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4288 10029 4268 10073 4300 10100 4301 10049
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 308DEG 19KT 4304 10084
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
STOPPKOTTE1 follow-up statement
669
WWUS53 KLBF 011907
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
207 PM CDT THU AUG 1 2013
NEC031-011930-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-130801T1930Z/
CHERRY NE-
207 PM CDT THU AUG 1 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM CDT/130 PM MDT/...
AT 204 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CROOKSTON...
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VALENTINE...SMITH FALLS STATE PARK AND HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE
NIOBRARA RIVER.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 205 AND 222.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 204.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 141.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4288 10029 4268 10073 4300 10100 4301 10049
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 308DEG 19KT 4296 10070
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
STOPPKOTTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 10:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 9:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 12:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 12:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 1:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 1:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 1:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 1:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 2:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Wheeler | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 2:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 4:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 47 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.